The COFP installation process has been simplified to improve customer experience. (Customers can just install a single package for all components).

Level of Testing

QA validated

Hot Fix

Definition

Package that includes one or more files created to solve a product defect that significantly degrades essential services or significantly impacts business operations.

Naming

cq-<Release Version>-hotfix-<hotfix ID>-<hotfix version>

Inclusions

Includes fixes for a specific issue

Documentation

Release notes of the public hotfixes are only available based on customer request through the AEM Support Portal.

Cadence

As necessary

Availability and Installation

Delivered as a package

Available on Package Share

Dependent on the latest service pack released

Most hot fixes are stand-alone, unless specified. Can be installed in any order. Can be verified through the Package Share Details tab of the Dependencies element.

Level of Testing

Validated by Customer Care

AEM hot fixes do not benefit from the same level of quality assurance as service packs or product releases. Therefore, they should first be validated on a staging environment as part of the quality deployment processes.

Overlay

Definition

Naming

overlay-<ticket ID>

Inclusions

Bug fix for a JS or JSP file

Documentation

None

Cadence

As necessary

Availability and Installation

Delivered as package by AEM Customer Care

Not necessarily included in service packs or full releases

Level of Testing

Validated by Customer Care

Feature Pack

Definition

Contains product enhancements, scheduled for a subsequent product release, but delivered early based on the decision of Adobe's Product Management.

Features are always merged with the next major release and then backported to the AEM version required by the customer

Common Interest and GA feature packs are merged into the next service pack

Available on Package Share. Customers accept Adobe's Terms and Conditions through Package Share.

Level of Testing

General Availability feature packs are QA validated

[1]: OAK fixes are not delivered as individual hot fixes. However, they are included in the subsequent Cumulative Oak hot fix. If necessary, a diagnostic build on top of the latest COFP can be made available. The precondition is that the customer has the latest COFP running. Diagnostic builds only provide the same level quality assurance as a hot fix. Therefore, they don't provide the same level of quality assurance as a cumulative fix pack, service pack, or product release. The final fix is delivered with the next COFP.